page_title: Namibia Breweries Limited
section_title: Products
hierarchical_section_title: Namibia Breweries Limited / Products
caption_attribution_description: English: Bottles of Windhoek Lager. Picture taken in Capetown, SA
context_page_description: Namibia Breweries Limited is a Namibian brewery founded in 1920 when Carl List and Hermann Ohlthaver acquired four small breweries with financial difficulties. The breweries were merged under the name South West Breweries Limited. SWB changed its name to Namibia Breweries Limited when Namibia gained independence on March 21, 1990. Ohlthaver & List Group of Companies are still the majority shareholder.
context_section_description: Own products:
  Club Shandy
  Tafel Lager
  Tafel Lite
  Tafel Radler
  Urbock
  Windhoek Draught
  Windhoek Lager
  Windhoek Light
  Windhoek Non-alcoholic
  McKane: Soda Water, Tonic Water, Lemonade, Dry Lemon
  Vigo (malt soft drink): Marula, Wild Orange, Kiwano
  Brewed under licence:
  Amstel Lager
  Amstel Lite
  Heineken
  Distribute:
  Guinness
  Erdinger
  Erdinger Non-alcoholic
  Foundry Cider
  Archers Aqua (various flavours)
  NBL brew all of their beers according to the Reinheitsgebot (German purity law) from 1516. Other than the four top-selling beers NBL also produces some speciality beers like Urbock - a winter bock beer. Nambrew also distributes other beer brands like Erdinger Weissbeer, Guinness and Kilkenny in the region. The low alcohol (2%), low calorie product Windhoek Light was endorsed by the South African Heart Foundation.
caption: Bottles of Windhoek Lager
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